Gomez, Bauman triumph

BOISE — Coeur d’Alene High junior Kinsey Gomez and Post Falls senior Rebecca Bauman both overcame disappointments from a year ago to win individual titles in the state 5A girls track and field meet Thursday evening at Bronco Stadium.

Gomez, who last year stumbled off the track on the final lap after being among a trio of leaders and later blacked out due to low hemoglobin levels, obliterated the field. Gomez finished with a time of 11 minutes, 2.04 seconds, more than 19 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Eagle senior Liz Brandon, who set the state record last year.

“I really felt good tonight,” Gomez said. “My goal was to conserve energy for as long as I could and see how I felt when it was time to make a move.”

When Gomez hit the home stretch, she led Brandon by about 150 meters.

“I used to look at track as a way to stay in shape for cross country,” said Gomez, who now has a state track title to go along with her cross country title. “But now I really appreciate track. It takes a lot to be so mentally focused in races like these.”

After the first day of competition, Coeur d’Alene’s girls team is tied for first with Eagle with 33 points, and Post Falls is third with 27. On the boys’ side, Coeur d’Alene is tied for fourth with Caldwell with 19 points, and Post Falls is sixth with 15.

For Bauman, the disappointment of watching a second-place finish in the shot put slip away — and placing second in the discus after entering the state meet with the longest distance — was too much. Bauman admitted that night was a sleepless one. She vowed to not let it happen again.

Bauman washed away a year of disappointment by winning the state title in the discus throw with a throw of 138 feet, 5 inches.

“I’m so happy I got to go out like this,” said Bauman, who also finished second in the shot put with a distance of 38-1 3/4. “Last year, I felt like I was competing for all my friends and family — and when I didn’t win, I was disappointed that I let them down. But this year, I decided just to have fun and do my best for myself and see what happens.”

With a highly competitive nature, Bauman found it difficult to lay aside her dream of finally winning a state title. But she recognized that change in approach was the difference in getting prepared mentality.

“When you want something so badly, you can think about it and analyze it so much that you forget why you’re doing what you’re doing,” Bauman said. “I think this experience between last year and this year helped me find myself and what I need to have a competitive edge.”

Coeur d’Alene senior Shae Carson experienced a reversal of fortune with Bauman from a year ago. Last year, Carson claimed first after entering state with the second-best distance behind Bauman. This year, the roles — and results — were flipped. Carson placed second with a distance of 135-2.

In the shot put, Coeur d’Alene’s Justine Zap placed third behind Bauman with a throw of 37-9 1/2, while Carson was fourth with a distance of 37-4. Katie Moden of Borah won with a throw of 38-5 3/4.

Post Falls junior Matt Wardell medaled with third-place finishes in both the shot put and discus, and Trojan senior Jalana White took fourth in the triple jump.

The Coeur d’Alene boys 4x800-meter relay team of David Norris, Cody Curtis, Alex Hendricks and Jake Stadley set a school record in a thrilling finish that saw the Vikings finish second with a time of 8:01.83, just over a second behind first-place finisher Vallivue.

Coeur d’Alene stayed within striking distance heading into Norris’ anchor leg. Norris quickly closed the gap and drew even with Vallivue’s anchor with about 60 meters remaining. Then the Vallivue runner pulled away.

“When I started the final leg, I started to make up a lot of ground fast,” Norris said. “I just thought, ‘Why not go for it?’ So I just kept pushing myself. But I ran out of gas. I wanted my wheels to fall off after the race, but it happened just a few yards short of the finish line.”

Later in the evening, Curtis and Norris received medals for their third- and sixth-place finishes, respectively, in the 3,200.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Capital 36. 2, Boise 28. 3, Vallivue 26. 4, (tie), Caldwell, Coeur d’Alene 19. 6, Post Falls 15. 7, Madison 14.33. 8, Eagle 14. 9, Highland 13. 10, Skyline 11. 11, (tie), Mountain View; Centennial 9. 13, Timberline 8. 14, (tie), Borah; Rocky Mountain 4.33. 16, Idaho Falls 4.

3,200 meters — 1, Eric Fitzpatrick, Boise, 9:21.79. 2, Dallin Farnsworth, Highland, 9:23.52. 3, Cody Curtis, Coeur d’Alene, 9:41.50. 4, Morgan Choate, Vallivue, 9:43.32. 5, Braiden Tanner, Highland, 9:43.59. 6, David Norris, Coeur d’Alene, 9:48.59. 7, Brennan Keen, Timberline, 9:56.16. 8, Kramer Quist, Centennial, 10:03.36.

4x800 relay — 1, Vallivue 8:00.65. 2, Coeur d’Alene 8:01.83. 3, Eagle 8:07.43. 4, Boise 8:09.89. 5, Rocky Mountain 8:16.75. 6, Mountain View 8:20.76. 7, Capital 8:36.20. 8, Madison 8:41.68.

Pole vault — 1, Matt Sullivan, Caldwell, 15-00. 2, Dawson Lewis, Eagle, 15-00. 3, Dylan Watts, Centennial, 14-06. 4, Breck Wightman, Madison, 13-06. 5, Nate Szuch, Borah, 13-06. 6, James Woodworth, Vallivue, 13-00. 7, Kendall Dean, Centennial, 13-00. 8, Spencer Fitzgerald, Madison, 12-06. 8, Erik Diehl, Borah, 12-06. 8, Matt Szobonya, Rocky Mt, 12-06.

Triple jump — 1, Kasen Covington, Capital, 49-10.25*. 2, James Woodworth, Vallivue, 47-05.25. 3, Alex Ashworth, Timberline, 46-02. 4, Jon Lanser, Capital, 45-05. 5, Drew Tingey, Idaho Falls, 45-00.50. 6, Kyler Wightman, Madison, 43-00.50. 7, Carson Green, Coeur d’Alene, 42-11. 8, Tanner Bodily, Skyline, 42-01.75.

Shot put — 1, Beaugh Meyer, Capital, 58-00. 2, Brock Harris, Boise, 50-09.75. 3, Matt Wardell, Post Falls, 50-02. 4, Tyson Heller, Caldwell, 50-00.50. 5, Tyler Horn, Mtn View, 49-10.50. 6, Zachary Mitchem, Madison, 49-03. 7, Jake Holtom, Madison, 49-01. 8, Shelton Robinson, Highland, 48-10.50.

Discus — 1, Tony Colson, Skyline, 163-09. 2, Beaugh Meyer, Capital, 159-11. 3, Matt Wardell, Post Falls, 155-04. 4, Brock Harris, Boise, 155-02. 5, Tyson Heller, Caldwell, 152-01. 6, Austin Funk, Post Falls, 151-00. 7, Tyler Horn, Mtn View, 148-10. 8, Kyle Sosnowski, Capital, 146-10.

TEAM SCORES — 1, (tie), Coeur d’Alene, Eagle 33. 3, Post Falls 27. 4, Borah 20. 5, Lake City 18. 6, Meridian 16. 7, (tie), Mountain View; Boise 15. 9, Centennial 10. 10, Lewiston 9.50. 11, Rocky Mountain 8.50. 12, (tie), Capital; Caldwell 8. 14, Vallivue 6. 15, (tie), Highland; Skyline 3. 17, Madison 1.

3,200 meters — 1, Kinsey Gomez, Coeur d’Alene, 11:02.04. 2, Liz Brandon, Eagle, 11:21.86. 3, Michelle Hickerson, Boise, 11:23.34. 4, Sora Klopfenstien, Meridian, 11:30.67. 5, Hailey Bradshaw, Rocky Mt, 11:33.81. 6, Jordan Mathes, Mtn View, 11:36.91. 7, Kelli Ellingson, Mtn View, 11:48.51. 8, Ruth Fritz, Centennial, 11:51.81.

4x800 relay — 1, Mountain View 9:23.32#. 2, Boise 9:25.30#. 3, Vallivue 9:39.99. 4, Lake City 9:42.49. 5, Centennial 9:46.11. 6, Capital 9:46.58. 7, Coeur d’Alene 10:00.31. 8, Madison 10:01.08.

Pole vault — 1, Rebecca Clark, Meridian, 11-09. 2, Kierstie Shellman, Lake City, 10-06. 3, Allison Jeffries, Eagle, 10-00. 4, Samantha Michell, Centennial, 10-00. 5, Gina Hampton, Rocky Mt, 9-06. 5, Jamie Gates, Lewiston, 9-06. 7, Sarah Beck, Post Falls, 9-06. 8, Brandy Larsen, Capital, 9-06.

Triple jump — 1, Brittany Owens, Borah, 36-10.25. 2, Danielle Viehweg, Eagle, 36-03. 3, Chelsea Lundgren, Lewiston, 35-07. 4, Jalana White, Post Falls, 35-00.50. 5, Phoebe Nielson, Capital, 34-09.25. 6, Abigail Olsen, Highland, 34-06.50. 7, Allison Meehan, Post Falls, 34-02.50. 8, Erin Rea, Boise, 34-00.

Shot put — 1, Katie Moden, Borah, 38-05.75. 2, Rebecca Bauman, Post Falls, 38-01.75. 3, Justine Zap, Coeur d’Alene, 37-09.50. 4, Shae Carson, Coeur d’Alene, 37-04. 5, Jessica Aguilar, Caldwell, 36-09.25. 6, Jessalyn Harrison, Skyline, 36-03. 7, Courtney Alley, Eagle, 35-01.75. 8, Torre Dilulo, Meridian, 35-01.

Discus — 1, Rebecca Bauman, Post Falls, 138-05. 2, Shae Carson, Coeur d’Alen, 135-02. 3, Courtney Alley, Eagle, 119-08. 4, Missy Morris, Lake City, 118-10. 5, Jessica Aguilar, Caldwell, 117-01. 6, Jamil Ataman, Eagle, 114-11. 7, Justine Zap, Coeur d’Alene, 114-01. 8, Stacy Chand, Rocky Mt, 113-01.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Rigby 32. 2, Hillcrest 23. 3, Minico 18.25. 4, Middleton 17.25. 5, Skyview 16. 6, (tie), Columbia; Bishop Kelly 15. 8, (tie), Blackfoot; Nampa 14. 10, Mountain Home 13. 11, Wood River 12. 12, Twin Falls 10. 13, Emmett 8. 14, Moscow 7. 15, Pocatello 5. 16, Bonneville 4.25. 17, Century 4. 18, Preston 3. 19, Sandpoint 2. 20, Lakeland .25.

3,200 meters — 1, Tyler Crofts, Hillcrest, 9:16.40*. 2, Chase Caulkins, Wood River, 9:20.05*. 3, Zach Burney, Columbia, 9:36.15. 4, Richard Kennedy, Rigby, 9:46.01. 5, James Paris, Wood River, 9:50.35. 6, Dan Williams, Bishop Kelly, 9:52.56. 7, Danny Pfeifer, Sandpoint, 9:59.19. 8, Gabe Leis, Bishop Kelly, 9:59.85.

Medley relay — 1, Twin Falls 3:33.51. 2, Hillcrest 3:35.11. 3, Middleton 3:37.77. 4, Pocatello 3:40.70. 5, Bonneville 3:41.18. 6, Columbia 3:44.67. 7, Moscow 3:46.26.

High jump — 1, John Nelson, Rigby, 6-04. 2, Chris Smith, Kuna, 6-02. 3, Kamen McCullough, Rigby, 6-02. 4, Steven Parker, Rigby, 6-02. 5, Coltin Johnson, Minico, 6-00. 6, Mike Hubbard, Sandpoint, 5-10. 6, DJ Kenley, Bishop Kelly, 5-10. 8, Chase Joslin, Canyon Ridge, 5-10. 8, Cody Gibb, Middleton, 5-10.

Pole vault — 1, Charlie Kido, Skyview, 14-00. 2, Dominic Call, Rigby, 14-00. 3, Charles Bartlow, Nampa, 13-00. 4, Matt Morris, Moscow, 12-06. 5, Jase Johnson, Century, 12-06. 6, Spencer Fullmer, Rigby, 12-00. 7, Ryan Harris, Middleton, 11-06. 8, Ajay Dillon, Middleton, 11-06. 8, Dalton Mickelsen, Minico, 11-06. 8, Chris Bennett, Lakeland, 11-06. 8, Nathan Wintch, Bonneville, 11-06.

Triple jump — 1, Coltin Johnson, Minico, 45-02.75. 2, Tyree Harmon, Mtn Home, 45-01.75. 3, Damion Wheeler, Rigby, 43-05.75. 4, Craig Butikofer, Hillcrest, 43-04.50. 5, Raven Jagne, Skyview, 42-06.25. 6, Gavin Ritchie, Rigby, 42-05.25. 7, TJ Medeiros, Nampa, 42-00. 8, Wes Volpei, Middleton, 41-10.50.

Shot put — 1, Cody McCarthy, Bishop Kelly, 51-10. 2, Jordan McAllister, Middleton, 49-09.25. 3, Brandon Coleman, Columbia, 48-08.25. 4, Justin Franz, Rigby, 47-11.25. 5, Jacob Barclay, Minico, 46-09. 6, Julio Flores, Blackfoot, 46-03.75. 7, Matt Rudder, Skyview, 45-10. 8, Devin Tweedy, Blackfoot, 44-09.

Discus — 1, Julio Flores, Blackfoot, 149-01. 2, Dakota Cole, Emmett, 144-01. 3, Tim Olmsted, Nampa, 140-03. 4, Jake Lewis, Mtn Home, 139-10. 5, Jacob Barclay, Minico, 139-08. 6, Taylor McDanel, Preston, 137-02. 7, Ivan Charles, Rigby, 136-05. 8, Cody McCarthy, Bishop Kelly, 136-05.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Jerome 35.50. 2, Bishop Kelly 29. 3, Skyview 22. 4, Minico 21.50. 5, Columbia 20. 6, Moscow 18. 7, (tie), Sandpoint; Twin Falls 17.50. 9, Middleton 14.50. 10, Pocatello 14. 11, Mountain Home 10.50. 12, Wood River 10. 13, Lakeland 8. 14, (tie), Emmett; Canyon Ridge 6. 17, Blackfoot 5. 18, (tie), Century; Rigby 4.50. 20, Bonneville 3.

3,200 meters: 1, Emily Nist, Bishop Kelly, 10:56.76*. 2, Mikesell Clegg, Jerome, 11:12.97*. 3, Lara Tuthill, Bishop Kelly, 11:14.34*. 4, Mackenzie Chojnacky, Jerome, 11:22.67. 5, Amanda Ward, Twin Falls, 11:29.10. 6, Rebecca Lassere, Bishop Kelly, 11:30.41. 7, Emily Paradis, Moscow, 11:35.91. 8, Jasmine Nesbitt, Jerome, 11:36.32.

Medley relay — 1, Bishop Kelly 1:47.81*. 2, Minico 1:49.51*. 3, Canyon Ridge 1:49.52*. 4, Blackfoot 1:52.86. 5, Pocatello 1:52.96. 6, Emmett 1:53.22. 7, Century 1:53.60. 8, Sandpoint 1:55.18.

High jump — 1, Jessica Tiffany, Columbia, 5-00. 2, Sydney Meier, Minico, 5-00. 3, Sarah Kaopio, Middleton, 5-00. 3, Cheltzie Williams, Twin Falls, J5-00. 5, Sharaya Scovil, Century, 4-10. 5, Mersadie Grover, Rigby, 4-10. 5, Dakota Barrie, Mtn Home, 4-10. 5, Chelsea Hepworth, Minico, 4-10.

Pole vault — 1, Carrie Thibault, Jerome, 10-06. 2, Danielle Rausch, Skyview, 10-00. 2, Jill Rausch, Skyview, 10-00. 4, Kaitlyn Whitesitt, Lakeland, 9-06. 5, Kirsten Burbank, Jerome, 9-06. 6, Blayre Thiel, Bonneville, 9-06. 7, Emily Peterson, Rigby, 8-06. 8, Kayla Hunt, Jerome, 8-06. 8, Susan Kovalchuk, Sandpoint, 8-06.

Triple jump — 1, Jessica Tiffany, Columbia, 36-08. 2, Kim Layne, Skyview, 36-04. 3, MaKenzie Wilcox, Preston, 35-11.50. 4, Cheltzie Williams, Twin Falls, 35-07. 5, Maya Ahyou, Middleton, 35-06. 6, Jasmine Branch, Jerome, 35-03.75. 7, Audrey Pack, Emmett, 34-11.50. 8, Jessica Liercke, Mtn Home, 34-08.

Shot put — 1, Margaret Behre, Moscow, 36-07.50. 2, Christina Johnson, Sandpoint, 36-03.25. 3, Tasha Powell, Pocatello, 35-10. 4, Shelby Posey, Mtn Home, 35-08. 5, Tinley Garey, Jerome, 35-06.75. 6, Sierra Chapple, Twin Falls, 34-09.50. 7, Megan Ranberg, Lakeland, 34-08. 8, Jorden Lorton, Emmett, 34-04.25.

Discus — 1, Cheyenne Swanson, Wood River, 115-11. 2, Christina Johnson, Sandpoint,111-09. 3, Margaret Behre, Moscow, 110-08. 4, Iva Harvey, Middleton, 108-11. 5, Tasha Powell, Pocatello, 108-02. 6, Linsey Bair, Minico, 107-02. 7, Shelby Posey, Mtn Home, 105-00. 8, Megan Ranberg, Lakeland, 103-01.

# — state record

* — classification record